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+Hello, everyone! ^-^ We're so sorry it's been so long. We wound up
+taking a little more than we thought we could handle, so we're working on a
+whole lot of stories right now. This just happens to be the only one we've
+managed to finish. ^^; We're working on a lot of other stories and joint author
+stories atthe moment, so we don't really know when we'll finish the rest of
+them. We'd still really love to hear from you at: amazonessduo@hotmail.com
+We've got ICQ, too, so we'd love to talk to anyone on that. ^^ We're ChibiUsa
+Tomoe and our ICQ number is 50279282.
+A friend of ours put up a site for the ChibiUsa & Hotaru Anthology, so you
+can find a lot of stories about the two of them by many great authors there. ^^
+The Anthology site is at: http://members.xoom.com/chibinhotaru/enter.html
+Please check it out. ^-^ Thanks to everyone who's helped make that a
+possibility. ^^ So many beautiful stories came out of it and we appreciate all
+your help. And most of all, we'd like to thank The  Ghost of 'lectricity,
+because without him, there never would have been a site for the anthology.
+Thanks, everybody. ^-^ We're still trying to collect stories for it, so if you
+have any interest in writing a short story for the ChibiUsa & Hotaru Anthology,
+please contact us. ^^
+This story uses one of the characters from the Sailor V manga, Natsuna
+Sakurada. She was a police chief in that and she chased after Sailor V
+throughout the manga. ^^  She collected a lot of things about her and
+kept them in her office. You never do find out what happens to her after
+the Sailor V manga, so this should hopefully wrap things up for her.
+Well, that should be all for now. ^^ We really hope you enjoy the story.
+Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon is owned by Naoko Takeuchi, Toei Animation,
+and others.
+			     'Sudden Glimpse'
+			            by
+		           The Amazoness Quartet
+Present Tokyo
+Minako walked to the end of the hallway, although she wasn't known as
+Minako anymore. She was known as her alias, Venus. She was a Sailorsenshi.
+She wasn't thirteen years old anymore. She wasn't living in her own little
+world. She wasn't able to play volleyball anymore and she wasn't able to
+date anyone since the small cresent-moon-baldspotted kitty walked into her
+life and told her of her past. She was forever changed by that one act. She
+remembered her past, she remembered her present, she remembered period. And
+that one act had so much pain into her life that she was tired of living.
+Even though it had been many years since she left the trail of Sailor V
+behind her she was still a remembrance of her life. Even if no one else
+cared to remember, like the many idols that she had honored and discarded.
+But, she also supposed that it wasn't exactly Artemis' fault that she had
+been given her curse of eternal loneliness. It was, in fact, her
+protector's fault. . The man who had told her he was to protect her always
+and then with his dying words left her with almost nothing. No hopes of
+ever being loved and no hopes of ever feeling the happiness that she always
+saw in her princess' face whenever she looked into Mamoru's eyes. It was
+the one thing that made her hate Serenity. But, in all her life, no matter
+what the hate never lasted. Just as she never hated Adonis for what he did
+to her, because he was heartbroken and lost. Just as she was now, and
+because she could understand what he felt in those last few years of the
+silver millennium when he had to watch her love grow for a man that
+ultimately lead to the end of the happiest times of human existence.
+Past Silver Millennium
+"Serenity what are you doing her in the Terra sector?" Venus yelled
+grabbing onto one of the pigtails that cascaded down Serenity's back. The
+girl looked to Venus with sobbing eyes, she sighed and cliched onto
+Endymoin.
+"Venus don't make me go now," she yelled in her honeyed voice, "I really
+want to stay here with the Prince."
+"No," Venus said grabbing the princess from the prince's hands. " Are you
+crazy? Your mother would kill me if you stayed here! She'd have my rank
+stripped and I'd never ever be able to show my face at my home planet!"
+"It's all about you isn't it," Serenity said half meaning it, half-joking.
+"No I'm just trying to get you to try and not act so childish!" Venus
+yelled, "'You are almost eighteen years old, and able to take over for your
+mother as soon as possible. You know that you are not a child and I know it
+you have to act with some rational thought don't you?"
+"You aren't my mother!" she yelled tugging her hand away from her
+protector's grip.
+"It must be hard," another male voice intruded into her ears and Venus
+swirled around to find out who it was. "Having a bundle of curiosity for a
+princess."
+"Kunzite!" Endymoin yelled at his guard for having such a loose tongue.
+Venus blushed slightly and ducked her head at the Lord Generals presence.
+Venus is shy? He thought, This take-charge-ask-no-questions-girl is shy?
+"No need for formalities around Lord Generals now is there?" Kunzite
+asked more to Venus then the others. Venus pushed back a strand of hair.
+"No there isn't," she said, "we are equal and should be treated that
+way."
+Then the girl seemed to remember her meaning for being there. "Isn't it
+Serenity?" She reached out and grabbed the princess's pigtail again and
+shoved the girl into the moon transfer beam. Not exactly hurting her
+because she had also grabbed the girls arm in the process. She wasn't about
+to give the princess the benefit of hiding behind the prince again.
+When the girls left the Lord General turned to his Prince Endymion. He
+smiled and shook his head laughing at something that he thought was funny.
+Perplexed the Prince asked what was so funny to the guard.
+"Nothing Prince," he said, " She must really care for you if she is ready
+to make her protector so angry at her for endangering her life."
+"What do you mean?" he asked, "She is safe here. I can protect her."
+"You are young and na�ve," Kunzite said, "You do not know how dangerous
+it is here. How much protection you and Serenity get from the generals and I.
+Venus is only doing her job by protecting and scolding her princess. She is
+scared. You are a threat. No matter how much you love Serenity you can not
+save her from everything. This planet is still under sedge. It is still not
+safe from all of the dangers that exist. Don't you wonder why the King and
+Queen, your parents, allow you to visit the moon so often?
+"No," Endymion said, " They have never put up much of a fight." Kunzite
+nodded his head and motioned for Endymion to follow him.
+"It's because you are almost completely safe in the Moon Kingdom."
+Kunzite
+answered, "Queen Serenity has vowed to care for and protect the planet
+Earth and all the people inside it. Because you are the highest order
+prince in this land and caretaker for the people you are the most valuable
+entity in this day. You will not live to see Serenity age. She is immortal
+you know that, don't you? She will live only to see you die, and you to
+become jealous of the fact that she will be forever young. It is a doomed
+match from the start and I do not agree to it flourishing any longer. You
+will get no help from me or from the other generals to see her, and if we
+see her again I have to close all gateways to the Moon Kingdom.
+"What!" the young prince yelled a look of total horror on his face, "You
+do not have to power!" Kunzite sighed he turned staring in complete
+seriousness.
+"Yes," Kunzite said, "I have the power to cut off all traveling and all
+people from seeing you at all. I have the power to create a total hell on
+earth for you if needed. I will do anything I need to protect you and the
+princess. If you do not understand that then you are in for a amazing treat
+to hear that reality is not all fun and games." Endymion stared at his
+'friend'. The man he trusted with his life, and inside he knew that the man
+was only doing this to protect them his maturity level wasn't at all at
+it's highest. He yelled at Kunzite, and threatened to denounce the Lord
+General from his rank. Then he stalked off, and Kunzite was left alone.
+"Ah to be young again," Kunzite said even though the age difference
+between him and Endymion was about three years the phrase was meant as a
+joke.
+"They do no seem to understand how much we care for them," Venus said,
+her
+voice making the Lord General to spin around and stare into the sad eyes of
+SailorVenus. They where cold and piercing, as if everything that Kunzite
+had just thought about in relativity to maturity flew out the window at the
+mere sight of them. She wasn't looking at him, but in the direction that
+Endymion had exited from.
+"True," he replied as soon as he had gotten the nerve, " They do no
+understand what we must go through to give them the life that they so badly
+want."
+"Even so," Venus said, "If apart of that happiness means we must
+sacrifice
+them to love one another are we hurting them by separating them? My whole
+planet's meaning for existing is to give love to the planets surrounding
+us. I'm going against all of my principals of I separate them like this. I
+can't stand not giving them the love that they apparently have. Am I wrong
+for doing so?" Kunzite looked at her and how she was so close to tears. It
+made him upset to see her that way. In fact it almost killed him to see her
+that way.
+"I don't know," he answered, "So much can be compromised by doing so. I'd
+hate to put your princess in so much danger. I know that they love each
+other, but it is too much to just let them be together without thought for
+everyone else."
+"Perhaps," she said, " I can allow it in the confines of the Moon Kingdom
+walls. I will have to talk to the other senshi, but I need to talk to you
+first. He is, after all, your top priority."
+"I don't know it's a lot to consider." Kunzite answered watching Venus
+get
+up and walk away. She tossed him a small pen with her planets' symbol. It
+was orange and about the height and weight of a regular ballpoint pen.
+"Press the handle and you will be able to speak to me at anytime you need
+to. It is untraceable, and no one will be able to hack in to our systems
+when you make the call. If needed you may have the generals talk to me as
+well. I don't have it all figured out though, and I need more time. Okay?
+Goodbye." Then she turned and left.
+Present Tokyo
+"Venus-sama," Diana's voice interrupted Minako's thoughts into the Silver
+Millennium. She turned to the small gray kitten that sat next to her with a
+worried expression on her tiny kitty face. She smiled at the
+acknowledgement of the elder senshi to her person.
+"Are you alright Venus-sama? You are so quiet right now." Minako sighed and
+stared at the tiny violet-gray eyes of the kitten smiling and purring a
+happy tune into her head. Minako padded the kitten between her ears and
+smiled happily.
+"I am alright Diana," she said quietly taking into account that the
+kitten
+had thought of her, "You are just like your father, Diana-chan. As sweet
+and worried as ever, and taking time out to see if I'm okay. Your such a
+sweetie thank you Diana." Diana smiled and then shook her head as quickly
+as possible, as if she was trying to remember the reason why she had come
+to Minako's room at all.
+"There is a man here waiting for you," she said in a whisper, "He is
+accompanied by Mamoru-san. He says that you should come down quickly so
+that you may speak with him." Minako jumped up with a sudden bolt of
+electricity.
+"He knows you talk?" she asked the kitten quickly grabbing her by the
+shoulders and bringing her close to her face.
+"Yes Venus-sama he does", Diana said, " Papa isn't home right now may I
+come with you Venus-sama? Please?" Minako stood taking Diana into her arms
+and placing her onto her shoulders to rest.
+"I wouldn't feel safe without you." Minako walked down the flight of
+steps
+on her way to the living room, she was almost shaking because of what Diana
+had told her. She was scared to know that Mamoru-sama had brought someone
+to her house, and that this person knew that Diana could talk no less. Who
+was he? She turned a ways to see Mamoru sitting down and reading the report
+that she had written for her english college class the week before. It had
+been on the American favorite, "The Scarlet Letter". It was like the
+American's reading the many favorite poets and writers of Minako's time for
+their school assignment in their Japanese classes.
+"Mamoru-sama?" she said in her soft voice, "Can I help you?" He looked up
+at her and smiled. He closed the report and pointed at the 'A' printed in
+the front.
+"Very good Minako," he said, "I'm proud of you." Minako smiled and
+stepped
+to the bottom of the stairs.
+"And, yet I know that you didn't come down to congratulate me on my
+english report," she said. Mamoru smiled and stood up letting the report
+lay on the table.
+"Your right," he said, "I am afraid I have a job for you. You are the
+only one I felt fit to have do this for me."
+"Like what Mamoru-sama," she said, "You only seem to beat around the
+bush,
+and I can't help if you won't tell me what's wrong."
+"It's ChibiUsa and Hotaru," Mamoru said, looking down quickly and sat
+down. "I am worried about them."
+"Why?" she said looking around her room looking for the other man Diana
+was talking about.
+"They're in love you know," he said bluntly.
+"Of course I do," Minako answered, "I'm surprised you know. It's only
+been
+a few months maybe a year by now. I haven't been keeping track of any of
+it."
+"Why do you think they're so secretive about these things?"
+"Maybe because ChibiUsa is the Neo-Princess of Crystal Tokyo, and Hotaru
+is just a senshi. Only there to protect ChibiUsa not love her."
+"That should make no diffrence," Mamoru began, but Minako placed her
+fingers on his mouth.
+"It does," she said, "It makes a big time difference, and if ChibiUsa is
+to
+marry anyone it would be a crowned prince. Someone like Elios, and not a
+senshi. Do you don't understand much about things like this because you
+fell in love with a crowned princess. You didn't have to worry about things
+like this, ChibiUsa does. What would you do if she came up to you and told
+you that she was in love with a girl, and a senshi no less. If it had been
+you or Princess Serenity you would have been banned from seeing Serenity.
+It's kind of the same thing here, understand?"
+"No, I don't understand but then again my memories are clouded," he
+looked
+down thinking a second before answering, "You where one of the only ones
+who have received almost all of your memories. I can't even remember my life
+now, let alone my memories then."
+"Perhaps I should talk to them," Minako said.
+"No," Mamoru protested, "I do not want them to know that we know. I want
+them to tell us when they're ready."
+Minako looked confused. "I don't really know what I could do if you
+don't want me to talk to them."
+Mamoru shook his head. "I know that there's something you can do.
+They need to understand that they can tell us that they're in love. But they
+have to be ready to tell us."
+"Hmmm...." Minako thought about the situation for a bit. "It's
+getting dark out. Maybe I can come up with something if I sleep on it."
+"Thank you, Minako. I really appreciate this. ChibiUsa's afraid of
+the consequences of being in love with Hotaru. Even though she's the
+princess I want her to know that everything will be fine," Mamoru sighed
+wearily. "I just wish there was more I could do."
+Minako smiled. "Don't worry about it. I'm sure we'll think of
+something."
+"Oh, before I go I wanted you to talk to someone." Mamoru called for
+someone. A man walked around the corner. Minako gasped as she saw who it
+was.
+Meanwhile, Hotaru and ChibiUsa's thoughts were far from the
+discussion Minako and Mamoru were having. They were both at the house where
+ChibiUsa lived with Usagi's family. The two girl's were locked in a
+passionate embrace on the couch. The lights were off and the only
+illumination was the moonlight that filtered in through the windows. THeir
+tongues dueled as their hands roamed each other's bodies, the thin fabric of
+their clothes the only barrier between them.
+They froze when they heard footsteps leading towards them. They
+pulled away quickly. Hotaru was smoothing out her skirt as the footsteps
+approached them. ChibiUsa was looking down nervously.
+ChibiUsa looked up. She breathed a sigh of relief. It was Shingo,
+Usagi's little brother, and it didn't look like he'd seen anything. "What
+are you two doing out here with all the lights off?" he asked.
+"Nothing," ChibiUsa answered immediately. "We were about to go
+upstairs. We were talking."
+Shingo stared at her oddly for a moment before shrugging. He sat
+down on the couch by them and turned the TV on. Hotaru and ChibiUsa both got
+up.
+"We're probably off to bed now," Hotaru said with an exaggerated
+yawn.
+Shingo looked at the clock. "It isn't that late."
+"Yeah, well, we're going back to my room anyway. Goodnight, Shingo,"
+ChibiUsa said.
+Shingo waved to them as they walked upstairs.
+"You know, one of these days we're going to get caught," Hotaru
+stated matter-of-factly.
+ChibiUsa sighed. "We should be more careful. I forget where I am
+when you're around so its hard to remember."
+Hotaru smiled, glad to have that affect on the pink haired girl. "I
+know what you mean. I wouldn't really mind if we got caught, though. At
+least we wouldn't have to hide it so much. Michiru-mama and Haruka-papa
+don't hide it like we do."
+ChibiUsa sighed again. "I know, but that's a different situation. I
+haven't even been born yet in this time. That and I've always been told what
+responsibilities I have to the kingdom because I'm I have to one day be its
+queen. I'm pretty sure that I've already messed with a few of those
+responsibilities when we fell in love."
+Hotaru stroked her cheek gently. "ChibiUsa, please don't worry. I'm
+sure everything will be fine. No matter what happens, I'll be here with you.
+Even if everyone wanted us apart."
+ChibiUsa put her hand atop Hotaru's. "I love you, Taru-chan." She
+hugged the dark haired girl to her.
+Hotaru returned the warm embrace. "I love you, too, Odango-chan."
+They held onto each other reassuringly, knowing the other was there
+for them. They stayed that way for hours as they talked before finally
+falling asleep together.
+*******Minako's Plcae
+Minako sat watching the man befor her pace back and forth trying to
+reclaim his thoughts on what brought him here. She could only stare though.
+Because the shock that he was here probably made her speechless, and the past
+was still fresh in her memories. It made her so uneasy to be around him, and
+what made her even more uneasy was the fact that he was supposed to be dead.
+He walked around his long, shoulder length, silver hair tied back into a
+ponytail. His crystal gray eyes flitering in the dark light.Kunzite...she
+thought, why are you here?  Her eyes lined with tears and she was about to
+cry if she hadn't held her breath and waitted for the feeling to go away. She
+stopped though. Then he stopped and stared at her for afew seconds and went
+to her to comfort her. He slipped his arm around her shoulders and kissed her
+on her forehead.
+"what's wrong?" he asked. Her eyes trying not to decive her from
+giving away her thoughts.
+"I thought you where dead," Minako said slipping herslef away from
+him. "Why are you here?"
+"Because I was reborn," Kunzite answered. "When you helpped kill
+Queen Beryal I was released from the bonds of being her slave. So where the
+other generals. But, they won't be reborn."
+"Why?" she asked,"Why are you here?"
+"Because I heard you." Kunzite said, "I heard you calling for me in
+your dreams. About the silver Millenium. I heard you calling for help. So I
+came."
+"Then you know about ChibiUsa and Hotaru," Minako said recalling
+her converstion with Mamoru. You about the and my mission."
+"Yes," Kunzite said, "I am also here to help you with that."
+"How?"
+"We send them back to Crystal Tokyo. We let them see what it's like
+in the future. Let them talk to thier future-selfs and realise that they can
+tell Mamoru-sama about thier secret. I can help you know."
+"Send them back?"
+**********
+	Hotaru woke up first. She blinked several times as she slowly woke up.
+Something felt different. Her left arm was asleep, but that wasn't it. It as
+pinned under the familiar weight of her pink haired lover. She flexed her
+fingers, feeling a tingle throughout her arm. She slowly tried to pull her arm
+out from under ChibiUsa. She finally gave up after a couple minutes. She sighed
+before kissing ChibiUsa's cheek.
+	"ChibiUsa-chan," Hotaru said as she gently shook the other girl. Hotaru
+heard noises from another room. They were different from the sounds she usually
+woke up to. A type of happy chaos she'd grown to find comforting. The sounds
+of her Michiru-mama, Setsuna-mama, and Haruka-papa all going about their
+business. The sounds she heard were still happy, but not the same. She couldn't
+quite put her finger on what was different, though.
+	When she started shaking ChibiUsa again, she realized the sheets
+covering them weren't her sheets. She relaxed a bit when she remembered that
+they'd fallen asleep in ChibiUsa's room. The relief was shortlived however, as
+she looked around the room. The room was much bigger than ChibiUsa's and
+lavishly decorated. There were a lot of lamps in the room and trinkets lying
+around the room collected over the years by the people who lived there.
+	"ChibiUsa," Hotaru said louder, shaking the pink haired girl more
+urgently. "Wake up."
+	"Mmmm..." ChibiUsa rolled over with her back to Hotaru. Hotaru managed
+to get her hand out from under the other girl, freeing it. She moved he arm
+around trying to work the feeling back into it. Hotaru sighed in frustration.
+She was worried about where they were. She'd feel a lot better if ChibiUsa
+was awake. She needed the reassurance the other girl's presence always gave
+her.
+	"Odango-chan, please wake up," Hotaru said desperately.
+	"What?" ChibiUsa asked sleepily.
+	"Get up," the dark haired girl said, relief evident in her voice.
+	ChibiUsa hesitated for a moment, not wanting to leave the comfort of
+sleep.
+	"ChibiUsa," she heard the other girl say again.
+	"Okay, I'm up." ChibiUsa sat up groggily, wiping the sleep from her
+eyes. She blushed and pulled the sheet up around her as she realized her
+state of undress. Hotaru would have found it cute if she wasn't so worried.
+	ChibiUsa looked closely at the dark haired girl for a moment.
+"What's the matter?" she asked. Hotaru looked so nervous. ChibiUsa hoped
+nothing was wrong. She felt an icy pit form in her stomach as she saw the
+frightened look on Hotaru's face.
+	"Do you know where we are?" Hotaru asked her.
+	The pink haired girl looked around the room for a minute. "We're
+in Crystal Tokyo. We're in the palace, but I'm not sure what room." She
+began to lie back down on the bed, glad to have answered Hotaru's question.
+She felt relieved that it wasn't anything big.
+	Hotaru grabbed her arm to keep ChibiUsa in a sitting position.
+"Then why are we in Crystal Tokyo? We were in your room back in the present
+last night, remember?"
+	ChibiUsa looked around the room again nervously, now fully awake.
+Why were they in ChibiUsa's time? Had her mother brought them there? If
+that was it, then why was Hotaru there with her? Did her mother already
+know about them? Had Setsuna brought them? ChibiUsa's head began to swim
+with unanswered questions.
+	Hotaru got up and took a closer look as she walked around the
+room while she waited for ChibiUsa to get her bearings. It was the pink
+haired girl's time period after all. For some reason, the room was oddly
+familiar and calming. Something caught her eye about some of the lamps.
+She inspected it closely, shocked by what she'd found.
+	"I think I know where we are," ChibiUsa said happily. "They must
+have moved all my things to a new room and this is it. Kind of like a
+suprise for when I got back." She lifted up a stuffed bunny doll from off
+the bed. "I had this on my bed here in the palace when I went back to the
+past. I felt bad because I'd forgotten to bring it along." She smiled and
+hugged the bunny to her bare chest.
+	"That's can't be it," Hotaru replied.
+	ChibiUsa looked up, confused. "Why not?"
+	"Because this is one of the lamps I collected. It's one of my
+favorites."
+	"Then where are we?" ChibiUsa got up and walked over to the other
+girl.
+	"Well, wherever we are, someone must know we're here." The dark
+haired girl said thoughtfully.
+	"This is too strange. Why would I be brought back here while I
+was asleep?" ChibiUsa asked.
+	"I have no idea, Odango-chan. I'm sure someone can tell us what's
+going on, though." Hotaru thought about it for a moment.
+	"My mom should know. She might even be the one who had us brought
+here." ChibiUsa tried to keep the nervousness out of her voice. If it was
+her mother that had brought them both then she probably knew thet they
+were together. ChibiUsa wasn't sure if she was ready to talk to her mom
+about that.
+	"Good. Hopefully she can help us," Hotaru said, feeling a little
+better about there current situation.
+	ChibiUsa stepped forward and opened the door. The two girls stepped
+out of the room. Before they could do anything, a little maroon haired
+girl ran up to them.
+	"Mama! Mama! Shisa won't leave me alone!" The little maroon
+haired girl ran up to the two of them looking about ready to cry. She
+looked like she was about five or six and her hair was done up in odangos
+with pigtails coming out from them.
+	Hotaru and ChibiUsa stood there, not sure what they should do. The
+little girl looked up at them with big, teary eyes, waiting for them to say
+something.
+	Another little girl ran up to them before they could decide what to
+do. She had darker hair than they other one and she wore glasses. Her hair
+almost reached her shoulders. "Selene doesn't understand," Shisa said. "I
+just wanted us to play, but she's been trying to ignore me."
+	Hotaru and ChibiUsa stared at the two children for a moment. ChibiUsa
+turned to look at Hotaru, waiting for the other girl to say something. Hotaru
+looked back at her and shrugged helplessly.
+	"Mama? Are you okay?" Selene asked, sounding frightened. "Why are
+you smaller?"
+	Shisa looked at the two of them as well. "Yeah. What happened?"
+	"Its okay," ChibiUsa said soothingly, trying not to worry the two
+girls.
+	"And mama, your hair isn't as long as it used to be." Shisa added as
+she looked at ChibiUsa.
+	The two girls turned to Hotaru, but they couldn't notice anything
+different about her other than her size. They turned in unison to look at
+ChibiUsa again.
+	"Its a bit confusing," Hotaru said reassuringly. "We don't really
+know what's going on either. But don't worry. I'm certain that everything's
+fine." Hotaru put a hand on both of their shoulders and smiled. The two
+girls seemed to relax slightly. "Could I ask you a question?"
+	Shisa nodded. "Okay."
+	"Who are your parents?" Hotaru asked anxiously.
+	The two girls shared distraught looks before Selene answered.
+"You two are."
+Minako walked down the corridors from the palaces marbled floors."How
+did that happen?" Minako asked aloud. Her thoughts were in a jumble. 'Maybe
+I shouldn't have come to the future,' she thought to herself. 'No. I'm the
+Senshi of love. I wanted to help Hotaru and ChibiUsa. But why did I
+have to find out who I got with? Setsuna will kill me if she finds out that I
+know. I just had to know, didn't I?' she asked herself. After meeting Kunzite
+again in the past, she thought that he might very well be the man she'd marry.
+When Hotaru and ChibiUsa had been sent to the future, she decided to go too so
+she could help them, and possibly find out who she ended up with while she was
+there. Her love life never worked out for her and now she finally had renewed
+hope for it. And with Kunzite's reappearance, she had a burning curiosity to
+find out how things would turn out for her. This had all made her start thinking
+about the past again, but she'd never thought that a certain part of her past
+would be such a big part of her future.
+	When she'd gone to find out who her one true love really was, she'd seen
+her future self in the arms of Natsuna Sakurada. Natsuna had been a police chief
+when Minako was Sailor V and she'd fallen in love with Sailor V. Minako had only
+been thirteen at the time compared to Natsuna who had been about ten years older
+than her. It hardly seemed to matter to Natsuna, though. She'd quickly had some
+of her officers out trying to get Sailor V so she could talk with her. It had
+frightened Minako to have the older woman chase after her like that. Eventually
+she'd even found out that Sailor V was Minako. Things between the two of them
+had left off unresolved because Minako's family had moved to England a short
+time afterward. She was shocked to find out what had become of that whole
+situation.  The idea scared her. Had she really been in love with Natsuna all
+this time? She wished Artemis was there. She stopped before the ornate doors
+of what she was fairly certain were the goup of rooms Hotaru and ChibiUsa
+shared with their daughters. She'd asked a bit about the future and for the
+directions from her future self so she'd be prepared to help the two younger
+girls. She'd planned on asking her future self about what had happened between
+her and Natsuna, but she couldn't bring herself to say anything about it. She
+took a deep breath and composed herself before entering the room.
+	When she opened the doors to the bedroom she saw Shisa and Selene
+jumping up and downtrying to get the two naked girls to comply with thier
+needs. She smiled andcleared her throat trying to get the attention of the
+two tiny girls. They stopped and looked at her.
+"V-sama!" Shisa yelled jumping to Venus' arms and kissing her on the
+cheek in adorance. Selene pulled on Minakos fuku.
+"V-sama, Shisa is being mean to me agian," Selene whinned, sticking her
+tounge out at Shisa.
+"You two know better then to just barge in on your parents like that,"
+Minako said. Shisa stuck her tounge out at Selene and looked tirumphantly at
+Minako. "And, you know that Selene doesn't always like your games. You have
+to leave her alone sometimes. Try and practice your senshi skills with Jupiter and
+Mars."
+"V-sama," Shisa yelled, "I want to practice with you!"
+"Later Shisa," Minako said. "Just leave us now." The girls left and
+Minako closed the doors to the bedroom and smiled at the two nervous,naked
+girls. Hotaru had pulled the sheet over the girls and held her close to the
+cornor."Why are you two hiding from me? You've been married quite a while now."
+"M-married?" ChibiUsa asked. "What do you mean married? We're only
+sixteen!"
+"Not in this world your not ChibiUsa-chan." Minako said, handing over
+the clothes to a hamper, and turned and pulled out a gown that resembled
+Serenity's princess gown. She turned to ChibiUsa and grabbed her away from the
+sheet. She pushed the dress on her and released her hair from the tangled
+odangos. She began to brush the hair very gently, and when the tangles where
+gone she turned to Hotaru. Hotaru stared at her  from the sheet and watched her
+pull out another dress that resembled a senshi's attire but was decorated with
+tiny sequins that where shapped like tiny moons and stars. In the middle of her
+bow was a small locket that had the Saturn and Moon symbol on it. In the middle
+of the symbols was a tiny crystal that was colored black with silver lining on
+it.  Hotaru put on the dress and boots that laced up her legs almost to her
+knees.
+"How do you know we're not from this world," Hotaru asked, "How come
+your being so calm about this?"
+"Because I am from your world 'Taru." Minako said, "I am only posing
+like you and ChibiUsa. There is much that you need to know. Those two girls are
+the new princess' of Crystal Tokyo, they are your daughters."
+"Look at us Mina-san," Hotaru said, "We're girls. How can we have
+children?"
+"Ever heard of cloning? It's kinda like that but a bit harder to
+understand. Let's just say they've done a lot between our time and this one."
+"Then how did you get here Mina-san?" ChibiUsa asked "How did you
+get to the Future Tokyo?"
+"I was helped just like you two where," Minako smiled, "By someone
+you'd never guess."
+	    ChibiUsa & Hotaru both looked at her. Minako sighed. "Its pretty
+confusing. Trust me."
+*******
+"Natsuna" Venus' voice breathed in the ear of her lovers. She kissed her
+sweetly on the cheek,tracing the jawline of her face with her gloved hand.
+Natsuna smiled sweetly her hair spilled over the fluffy pillows that litterd
+thier bed. She reached up pulling Minako's face to her own, kissing her fully on
+the mouth.
+"I missed you today lover where have you been?" she asked, "I thought you
+would teaching the girls how to use thier powers by now."
+"Not today," Venus said, "Today is our day to be together. You know that,
+it's our anniversary." She traced Natsunas creamy white breast with her
+fingertips bringing shivers down her spine. She loved every minute of this.
+Making her lover shiver underneath her touch and kisses. Strange how it just
+seemed so right after having shared so much with Natsuna in her past, Minako was
+able to share the future as well. It was perfect.
+But there was the unresloved issue of Kunzite. What would he do if he
+fould her younger self wondering around. It wasn't like it was easy for him to
+let go of the fact that she and Natsuna where married. He'd always belived that
+they would get together and stay together no matter. Much Usagi and Mamoru's
+relationship, but in the end she couldn't wait for true love of the past to come
+to her. When there was the chance of being with such a sweet human being as
+well. She just hoped that her younger self could understand that so
+early.Chibi-Usa and Hotaru must be awakeing by now, she thought, I wonder what
+thier reaction on thier faces are right now....
+********
+	"Minako, what's going on?" ChibiUsa asked her worriedly.
+	Minako hesitated before replying. Maybe Setsuna should be doing all
+this. She was the Senshi of Time after all. "Well, you two have been hiding
+your relationship for a while now. You shouldn't do that. The rest of us
+care about you and all we want is for the two of you to be happy. So I thought
+if you saw the future, or at least some of it, you'll realize that you can
+tell all of us about the two of you without worrying."
+	"We've already told my parents," Hotaru said.
+	"Yeah, but you've been dating for a while now and you haven't told
+any of the rest of us. We wish you didn't think you needed to hide from us,"
+Minako explained.
+	"Wait, how do you know, then?" ChibiUsa asked.
+	"I am the Senshi of Love you know." Minako smiled.
+	Hotaru sat down on the plush couch near them, shocked from all that
+she'd heard. ChibiUsa sat down by her and put an arm around Hotaru, drawing
+her close. Both girls needed comfort from each other at the moment. Things
+seemed so strange. "I can't believe we have daughters," Hotaru said, amazed.
+"I never thought we'd be able to. I can't believe it."
+	"So they're me and Taru's daughters?" ChibiUsa asked.
+	"Yes. They are the children you wind up having," Minako said.
+	ChibiUsa sat in silence. She'd been so worried about what her mother
+would think about her getting with Hotaru. Hotaru was a girl, so ChibiUsa had
+thought she wouldn't be able to have an heir. Now it seemed that there wasn't
+anything for her mother to worry about other than Hotaru being a Sailor
+Senshi.
+	"They were so sweet. Will we be able to see them again before we leave?"
+Hotaru asked Minako.
+	"I'm really not sure. You might," was all Minako could answer.
+	"So they're like clones? Is one a clone of ChibiUsa and one a clone of
+me? Or are they both a mix of the two of us?" Hotaru asked.
+	"I don't know. I really don't know much other than what my future self
+told me. Besides, its probably better that you two don't know about things like
+that anyway." Minako started thinking about Natsuna again after she mentioned
+her future self. She shook her head and tried to stay focussed on the two
+younger girls in front of her.
+	"Are you okay?" ChibiUsa looked at Minako oddly.
+	"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking about something," Minako said,
+sounding distant.
+	"This is a lot farther than the future I'm from," ChibiUsa remarked.
+	Minako laughed. "Its not as far into your future as you think."
+	ChibiUsa blushed a little at the idea of getting married and having
+children so soon. Hotaru looked happy about the whole thing.
+	"What should we do while we're here in the future?" Hotaru asked
+confused.
+	"You should probably talk to your future selves. That way you can
+see that there really isn't anything for the two of you to worry about. You
+should talk to some of us, too, and see how we handled finding out about
+the two of you. You might be surprised about how things have happened to the
+rest of us. I know I am." Minako stood up to leave. "I've got to go for now."
+	"Where are you going?" ChibiUsa asked her.
+	"I've got a lot on my mind. I've got to think. Good luck to you both.
+Ja!" Minako quickly walked out the door, leaving ChibiUsa and Hotaru once again
+alone in the room.
+*******
+Minako wondered the sweet smelling halls until she reached the source.
+Makoto was cooking agian and the smell drove Minako crazy. It was so nice having
+the familiarity of her friends habits then the cold harshness of this world. She
+slipped inside hoping to grab a tiny cookie from the steaming batch next to the
+unsuspecting Makoto. But, just as she was able clasp one in her grasp Makoto's
+spoon slammed her hand down with a rap.
+"Ow! Makoto what did you do that for!" Minako whinned, she looked at
+the upset Makoto her green eyes flaring slightly.
+"Venus, you know you can'thave those." Makoto told her, "And since when
+did you start calling me by my given name. You know we only call each other by
+our senshi names."
+"Sorry," Minako said tapping her heand with her finger, "Stupidity
+leak." Makoto smiled slightly at her friends gesture.
+"So why aren't you with Natsuna?" Maoto asked. "She was looking for you
+a little while ago."
+"Oh I have some thinking to do," Minako said, "It is our anniversary,
+and I can't think of anything to do with her right now." Makoto turned to her
+agian after having checked the cookies one last time. She reached over and
+offered one to her friend.
+"Yeah I can't belive it's been so long since you and her got together."
+Makoto answered, "You and her where one strange couple I tell you. She was
+always after with her crush and you where always looking in all the wrong
+places."
+"You mean Kunzite?" Minako asked.
+"Yeah you and the rest of us where always looking for them to come
+back and be with us. But, we soon found out that that was just a dumb pipe
+dream."
+"And where is your lover Jupiter-sama?" Minako asked.
+"Probably up in the training grounds agian testing the newest
+similation atmospheres. They're a work of art don't you think?" Makoto asked.
+Minako rubbed her neck slightly, as if to show physical pain.
+"Yeah what can I say it's a work out," Minako answered, "Not like the
+training we did with Luna and Artemis." So, Minako thought, Jupiter and the rest
+are in the same boat as I am. The generals are apparently not our husbands like
+they where in the past. But, like me, it's people who had a large influence in
+our lives. My don't I feel special...
+******
+	"Hi, Venus-san!" a little girl said as she ran into the room. She had
+short blue hair and light green eyes. She looked like she was around Shisa and
+Selene's age.
+	"Hi..." Minako said, unsure. 'Another one?' she thought.
+	"Hello, Meimi." Makoto smiled at the younger girl.
+	"Makoto-mama, are the cookies almost done?" the little girl asked.
+	"Yeah. You better eat some before Minako finishes them all," Makoto
+said teasingly.
+	"Makoto-mama? Mako-chan... I mean, Jupiter. You're her mom?" Minako
+asked, shock spreading through her. Her future self hadn't said a thing about
+Makoto having a daughter. Makoto stared at her oddly. "Of course you are,"
+Minako said nervously. "I was just kidding."
+	"You're acting strangely, Venus. Are you sure you're okay?" Makoto
+asked.
+	"Yeah. Like I said, I'm still trying to think about what to do
+about Natsuna for tonight."
+	"Well, if you want to be alone with her tonight, Ai can always spend
+the night here with us," Makoto offered.
+	"Could she? That would be great!" Meimi said happily.
+	"The kids love playing together, anyway," Makoto gestured at Meimi's
+enthusiasm.
+	'The kids?' Minako thought. 'I really should have spent more time
+talking to my future self.' "Umm... Ai?" Minako said, not being able to think
+of anything else to say.
+	"You know, cute little red-headed girl. You and Natsuna's daughter?"
+Makoto laughed. "I really hope you didn't forget about her."
+	Minako's eyes widened in shock. 'My daughter? Why didn't my future
+self mention that? Isn't that something I should know? How could she just
+forget to mention that?' "Sure, sounds good. Thanks Mako... Jupiter."
+	"Okay. Meimi and I will go get Ai a little later. I'm sure you and
+Natsuna would want to be alone on your anniversery anyway." Makoto gave
+Minako a conspiratorial wink in front of the innocent little girl.
+	"Huh? Oh yeah. Thanks..." Minako said, trying to sound grateful.
+	"When's Ami-mama getting home?" Meimi asked Makoto.
+	'Ami-mama? Mako-chan's with Ami? I can't beleive it. I really
+wasn't ready for this. There's so much I need to know,' Minako thought.
+	"Pretty soon. Don't worry about it. After she gets home, we'll
+go pick up Ai. How's that sound?"
+	"That sounds good. I hope Ami-mama gets home soon." Meimi looked
+thoughtful as she picked up another cookie. "Do you think Shisa and Selene
+could come over, too?"
+	Minako looked up. "Oh, could they? I'm trying to help Hotaru and
+ChibiUsa with something and it would probably help if they were alone."
+	Makoto thought for a moment. "I'll have to talk to Small Lady
+and Saturn, but I'm sure that will be fine."
+	"Really? Thanks, Makoto-mama," Meimi said happily.
+	"Yeah, thanks, Jupiter. That would help a lot," Minako said.
+	"Don't mention it. Its nice having all the girls around here
+anyway. And it distracts Ami from working too hard," Makoto laughed again.
+	"I should probably be going," Minako said, standing up.
+	"I hope you and Natsuna have fun. Good luck with everything today."
+	"Thanks. Bye, Jupiter. Bye, Meimi." Makoto and her daugher waved to
+Minako as she quickly headed out the door.
+******
+"ChibiUsa," Elder Venus whisphered, "Small Lady, Saturn are you in
+here?" She looked to the two figeting girls near the doorway talking to each
+other and looking quite frightened. She motioned for Mercury and Mars to come
+with her. Surprized that Venus had brought the other senshi with her to the
+bedroom they deduced that this was Elder Venus and not the Minako that they
+knew.
+"Venus-sama, Marsand Mercury," Hotaru asked looking at each of the
+senshi. Each looked beautiful grown and matureed to the age of twenty six. The
+age that each of them would eventually stop aging at when they reached the 30th
+century. Mars looked at Venus andthen to the two girls.
+"Well," she said, "If you hadn't told me I wouldn't of ever guessed. She
+does look like Small Lady and Saturn of our time. Are they really from the past
+Venus-sama?"
+"Well don't look at us like we're sideshow freaks," ChibiUsa yelled,
+"We are human beings you know!"
+"Odango-chan!" Hoatru cursed, reciving looks from Rei.
+"Odango chan," she whispered, "That's what I call...never mind. So you
+want to hear from us how we reacted to your coming out?" Hotaru looked at
+ChibiUsa and clasped her hand into her own, nodding.
+"Well," Mars answered, "It really was the best thing for us all. I
+made us realize that you two where growen women, fully capatible of caring for
+each other. You are 15 years old aren't you? Most of us knew that we cared for
+others and didn't know what to do about it. You two had the courage to do what
+we never could have at that age. It wasn't until you two started to come out
+that I realized my love for your mother Small Lady. Ami started to realize her
+love for Makoto and Diana and that friend yours Mamokofelt love for each other
+as well. In the end it was the best thing for us all.
+	"And Venus-sama what about you?"
+	"I fell in love with my dearest Natsuna, and fully understand what
+you and Saturn are going through. Haruka and Michiru and Setsuna-san are all the
+parents of you too, remember? How did they react?
+	"They where proud of us.."
+	"Right," Venus answered, "And so where we. We are apart of you as
+well Small Lady, we are your family you must always remember that."
+	"Thank you minna-san," Hotaru said, "This was a great help to us,
+and our lives. We'll tell Usagi and the others as soon as we get home." Mars got
+up to leave and Venus followed behind her. Mercury walked up to them, handing
+ChibiUsa a small pen. ChibiUsa looked at it with wonderment and with an unspoken
+question.
+	"Keep this in memorance of this trip Small Lady," Ami said, "So
+that you can always remember that we are here for you no matter what." With that
+she kissed ChibiUsa and Hotaru on the forhead and walked away.
+******
+	ChibiUsa wearily leaned against Hotaru for support. "They understand,"
+she said quietly. "They really do understand."
+	Hotaru smiled gently at the girl she loved. Not only had her parents
+approved, but so had their friends. She nodded. "They do. And they're happy
+for us."
+	ChibiUsa smiled back, her hand going up to Hotaru's cheek. All the
+worries she'd been having were washed away. She knew things would work out for
+them. They're friends and family cared for them, they were married, and they
+had two beautiful daughters in the future. No matter what happened to bring
+them to that point, it was worth it. Tears lightly clouded her eyes, her
+emotions overflowing. "I love you, Taru," she said. The two girls held
+each other closely.
+	"Oh, Odango-chan. I love you so much," Hotaru said softly. Her hand
+ran through ChibiUsa's soft, pink hair as her lips met the other girl's. They
+kissed passionately, both locked in the feelings of the moment.
+	They stood holding each other for several minutes, neither wanting the
+other to let go. ChibiUsa gently stroked Hotaru's cheek, smiling as the other
+girl continued to run her hand through her pink hair.
+	"Hotaru-chan?" ChibiUsa's voice finally broke the silence.
+	"Yes?"
+	"What do you think Rei meant when she mentioned my mom?" ChibiUsa
+asked, curious.
+	"I'm not sure. It doesn't matter, though. We'll find out soon enough.
+One day, we'll be here. And you heard Minako. It's not as far as we think."
+Hotaru kissed ChibiUsa again lightly.
+	A smile spread across ChibiUsa's lips. "Yeah. You're right. One day."
+The two girls finally let go of each other. ChibiUsa grabbed Hotaru's hand.
+"We should probably find Setsuna so we can leave."
+	Hotaru nodded. "I'm really glad we were broght here," she said.
+	"Me too," ChibiUsa agreed.
+	Before they could get very far, they heard footsteps heading towards
+them. They turned around when they heard a woman shout for them to wait.
+Three women quickly ran up to them. ChibiUsa quickly noticed her mother, Neo
+Queen Serenity, and the two other women seemed to be Hotaru and ChibiUsa's
+future selves. ChibiUsa's pigtails were longer, but still not as long as her
+mother's. She'd grown into a beautiful woman, looking regal in her palace
+gown. Hotaru was just a little taller than ChibiUsa, her dark eyes, now
+behind a pair of thin reading glasses, no longer carried any of the pain from
+her youth.
+	ChibiUsa's mother smiled at her. "My little girl," she said happily.
+	"Mom," ChibiUsa gasped. She hadn't seen her mother in several years,
+ever since she'd gone back to the past again. She knew Usagi would one day
+be her mother, but it just wasn't the same as seeing Neo Queen Serenity again.
+ChibiUsa ran up to her mother and hugged her. "Mom, I missed you."
+	The queen laughed slightly. "I know. I missed you back when you were
+gone too. I know you had your reasons, though." She smiled towards Hotaru.
+"I'm really happy for you. I'm glad you found someone that means so much to
+you. Its more than I could have hoped for when I sent you to the past
+to train to be a Senshi."
+	Serenity held ChibiUsa at arms length and looked her in the eyes.
+"There's a lot you have to face before you reach this point in your lives,
+but with Hotaru by your side, you'll get through it just fine."
+	ChibiUsa hugged her mother again. "Thanks, mom."
+	Hotaru's future self took a step forward. "ChibiUsa, you're just as
+beautiful as the day we met." ChibiUsa blushed at the compliment.
+	ChibiUsa's future self stepped forward as well. "Good luck telling
+everyone. Try not to worry about it too much. There are still a lot of
+hardships the two of you have to go through, but I wouldn't mind going back
+to relive some of the things you have coming up." With an odd smile on her
+face she added, "Like the honeymoon."
+	"ChibiUsa," the future Hotaru said, a smile forming on her lips as
+well.
+	Hotaru looked confused. "Does everyone still call Odango-chan
+ChibiUsa?"
+	The pink haired girl of the future laughed. "No, only Taru still
+calls me that, even if I'm not chibi anymore."
+	Hotaru nodded happily. "That sounds good. I like that name."
+	ChibiUsa thought for a moment before asking, "What about Shisa
+and Selene?"
+	"What about them?" replied her future self.
+	"Well, so Hotaru and I... we wind up," ChibiUsa began.
+	"Yes," the future Hotaru answered, smiling at the girls that had once
+been her and her wife. "You wind up having twins."
+	"But how?" ChibiUsa asked.
+	"Its confusing," the future raven haired girl said. "But it doesn't
+matter. All you need to know is that some day the two of you will have the
+twins. And they'll be a big part of your lives. They're a lot to handle, but
+trust me, they're worth it."
+	ChibiUsa and Hotaru smiled at each other and held hands.
+	"Thank you," ChibiUsa said.
+	"Thanks for everything," Hotaru added.
+	Their future selves smiled back at them.
+	"Don't mention it," Serenity said. "I'm glad you both got to be here,
+if only for a brief time, to see that you shouldn't worry so much about the
+rest of us. We all care for the two of you."
+	When the two girls turned around, Setsuna was already standing there.
+"Are you read to leave?" she asked them.
+	"Hai, Setsuna-mama," Hotaru answered.
+	"Good. Then as soon as we get Minako, we'll leave," the Senshi of time
+said. The two younger girls followed after her while they're future selves waved.
+	Minako was standing alone on a balcony, looking out over the buildings
+in Crystal Tokyo. She sighed to herself. She turned around when she noticed a
+shadow near her. She looked over to see Natsuna standing in the doorway.
+	"Oh, hi. I hadn't noticed you," Minako said, trying to pass herself off
+as her future self.
+	Natsuna smiled to herself. "I know you aren't my Minako. At least not
+yet." Minako just nodded, having been caught. "You really shouldn't worry too much
+about all of this. You shouldn't fear what your future holds, Minako."
+	Minako turned around and looked out at the bustling city again. "I'm not
+afraid."
+	"You could have fooled me," Natsuna said.
+	"Its just that... I wasn't ready for this. I didn't see it coming,"
+Minako said quietly.
+	"Is that so bad?" Natsuna asked her.
+	Minako thought for a moment before answering. "I don't know. I don't know
+what to think right now. This is all so strange."
+	"I know. If you hadn't come here, things would have happened in their own
+time. Instead, you already know what happens between us. You don't understand
+how things developed between us, though. I know I'm not what you're looking for
+right now, but eventually..." Natsuna paused. "Eventually we fall in love."
+	Minako laughed a little in spite of herself. "I already knew how you felt.
+You made that perfectly clear ever since I was Sailor V. I guess I'm just
+surprised at how I wind up feeling. I had no idea."
+	Minako was shocked when she saw a little girl peeking out from around
+Natsuna. Minako looked carefully at the little girl. She had shoulder length
+slightly curly reddish brown hair. She looked up at Minako and smiled before
+disappearing behind Natsuna again.
+	"Ai," Natsuna said.
+	"That's Ai?" Minako asked.
+	Natsuna nodded. "Yep, that's her. We were on our way to Makoto's. I
+knew you were going back soon, so when I saw you out here all alone, I wanted
+to say something before you left."
+	"Really? Thanks, Natsuna. And you too, Ai." Minako smiled to the little
+girl as she peeked around Natsuna again.
+	"Minako?" Minako turned when she heard Setsuna say her voice. "Are you
+ready?" Setsuna asked.
+	"Yeah. I'm ready," Minako said. She looked back at Natsuna and Ai a last
+time before rushing over to Setsuna and the two younger girls. Natsuna and Ai
+waved to her as Setsuna prepared to send Minako, Hotaru, and ChibiUsa back to
+their own time. Hotaru and ChibiUsa weren't too sure who the women and the girl
+were, but they waved along with Minako as a bright light engulfed them.

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